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Jct. of WI 151 and WI W: Pipe: 2.5 story brick stagecoach inn, built by Rufus Eaton in 1846 along the Military Road that linked Fort Howard and Fort Winnebago. Operated by Jacob Fuhrman from 1856. [15] [16] 7: William I. Cole House: William I. Cole House
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin. There are over 2,500 listed sites in Wisconsin . Each of the state's 72 counties has at least one listing on the National Register .
The Richards Hill Residential Historic District is a national historic district in Watertown, Wisconsin. [1] The district includes 62 buildings, nearly all of which are houses, of which 51 are considered contributing buildings to the district's historic character.
The Main Street Commercial Historic District is located in Watertown, Wisconsin.. The district is made up of Watertown's old downtown with 127 contributing buildings, including the 1855 Commercial Vernacular Johnson Drug Store, [2] the 1855 Italianate Dennis Block, [3] the 1858 Italianate Misegades Wagon Works, [4] the 1876 Queen Anne/Romanesque Platz and Brandt dry goods Store, [5] and the ...
On May 2, 1929, a memorial tablet was dedicated in Watertown, Wisconsin, a few feet from the site of the building where she founded the first kindergarten in America. "In memory of Mrs. Carl Schurz (Margarethe Meyer Schurz) Aug. 27, 1833 -- March 15, 1876, who established on this site the first kindergarten in America, 1856."
Watertown is a town in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] The population was 1,975 at the 2010 census. [ 2 ] The unincorporated community of Ebenezer is located in the town.
Watertown is located in southeastern Wisconsin, approximately midway between Madison and Milwaukee, at 43°12'N 88°43'W (43.193, −88.724). [20] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 12.46 square miles (32.27 km 2 ), of which, 12.06 square miles (31.24 km 2 ) is land and 0.40 square miles (1.04 km 2 ) is ...
St. Bernard's parish was organized in 1843, when Wisconsin was a territory. In 1846 a modest 27 by 36-foot wooden church with Gothic Revival styling was constructed for the parish on the site of the current church. Watertown was largely populated by German and Irish immigrants, and St. Bernard's attracted many of the Irish minority. [3]